Water-motor for egg-beaters, &amp; c.



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J. D. B'ROTHERSTUN. WATER MOTOR FOB EGG BEATERS, 8L0:

(Application filed In. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Nms 'TATES JOHN D. BROTHERSTON, O F BUFFALO, NEV YORK.

WATER-MOTOR FOR EGG -BE ATERS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,884, dated July 3,1900.

' Application filed March 9, 1900. Serial No. 7,960. (No model.)

To aZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN D. BROTHERSTON, a subject of the Queen ofGreatBritain, and a resident of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVater- Motors for Egg-Beaters, &c. and I do hereby declare that thefollowing description of my said invention, taken in connection with theaccompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exactspecification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in egg-beaters andcream-whippers; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiarcombination of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter firstfully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate thisinvention more fully,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved egg-beater as attached to afaucet or other water-supply fixture. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionalelevation of the same in line m a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is an end elevationof the device, part of the cover being broken away to disclose theinternal construction. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a fragment ofthe device, illustrating, on a larger scale, the means for attaching thedevice to 'a water-faucet.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

The object of this invention is the production of an efficient,serviceable, and comparatively-cheap egg-beater and cream-whipper whichis operated by water-power by attaching the device to a water-faucet, aswill now more fully appear.

This device consists of a base-plate of any suitable contour, having anopening a, Fig. 2, for the reception of a tumbler, saucer, or othersuitable vessel 13, in which the eggs, cream, or other culinarysubstance is to be beaten, whipped, stirred, or mixed. To the rear endof this base-plate A is affixed a casing 0 by means of a screw or othersuitable fastening c, which casing is obliquely arranged to the base Aand constructedto receive a turbine wheel D, secured to an axle d,journaled in the wall of the casing and its cover 0, respectively, oneend of said axle projecting from the said casing and terminating in adouble eye (1, to which in turn is pivoted a link d. To this link ispivoted the spindle E, carrying at its lower end beaterarms, paddles, orsimilar means E, said link forming, in connection with the axle andspindle, a knuckle-joint, so as to enable the spindle E to readilyrevolve within the vessel B when the turbine wheel is set in motion.

The turbine wheel D consists of an annular disk or plate D, upon theface of which are located a series of curved buckets D, said diskbeingfastened to the axle d, and to further secure the same a spider F, Figs.2 and 3, is secured to both the axle and the disk, thereby forming avery strong and durable means for attaching the turbine wheel to itsaxle.

The upper end of the casing C is provided with a socket O. In thissocket there is an inwardly-projecting flange or ledge c, Fig. 4, uponwhich bears a rubber gasket or packingring 0, while to the exterior ofsaid socket is securely attached a yielding fastening device consistingof a spring-wire loop or spiral G, terminating in a hook or crook g.This hook or erook g is adapted to be placed over the gooseneek h of awater-faucet H, and thereby to draw the end of said gooseneck intocontact with the packing-ring c" to make areasonahly-tightjointtherewith. Thelowerend of the casing O is open, soas to produce a downwardly-discharging exit a, Fig. 2.

It will now be observed that this device is constructed to be operatedby water-power obtained from the usual Water-supply in any kitchen byattaching the same to the usual water-faucet by means of thespring-fastening on the socket of the casing. The eggs to be beaten orthe cream to be whipped, &c., are

put into the vessel B and the latterthen placed upon the base A, intothe opening a therein, it being understood that the heater or paddles Eoccupy the interior of said vessel B. Now the water-supply is turned on,when a stream issuing from an obliquely-arranged nozzle I, connectingwith the interior of the socket C, impinges upon the curved buckets ofthe turbine wheel D and causes it to rapidly revolve, and thereby,through the intervention of the knuckle-joint device on the end of theaxle, to revolve the beater within the vessel B. It will thus be seenthat the beatin g of eggs, the whipping of cream, or the stirring ofmayonnaise sauce or the batter of cake, &c., is accomplishedautomatically by the motor mechanism within the casing, thus relievingthe cook from one of the most trying and arduous labors andaccomplishing the work in a very much shorter time and in a far superiormanner than the same can be obtained by manual labor.

This device can be cheaply produced in various manners. For instance,the base, casing, and its cover can be made in the process of castingfrom iron properly galvanized or otherwise protected from rusting, orthese parts may be produced from sheet metal in the process of stamping,either of which resulting in the production of the parts at a very lowfigure.

The casing is obliquely arranged with reference to the base in order tobring the end of the axle of the turbine wheel near to the center of thereceiving vessel B without having said axle project from the casing anyfarther than necessary to enable the attachment thereto of the link(1''. This is an essential feature in a device of the kind described,be-

cause it avoids undue friction of the parts and less pivotal motion ofthe knuckle-joint device than would be possible were the casing arrangedto stand at right angles, or nearly so, to the base A.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States- As an improved article ofmanufacture, a water-motor for egg-beaters and the like, consisting,essentially, of an open base, a casing attached thereto and obliquelyarranged with reference to said base, a cover secured to said case, aturbine wheel within said casing, a shaft for said wheel having itsbearings in said cover and easing respectively, and protruding from theface of said casing, a universal-joint connection on the end of saidshaft, and suitable means for removably attaching the said casing to awater-faucet, as and for the object set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OIIN D. BRO'IHERS'ION.

Attest:

.MICHAEL J. STARK,

MICHAEL J. STARK, Jr.

